Dog owners

January 04, 2012

If I host a drinking party for underage teens and then a teen leaves my house and critically injures another human being by driving under the influence, I would face serious consequences because I am responsible for that action. Laws in these cases have become much stricter in recent years, thereby deferring adults from allowing underage drinking parties for fear of serious consequence.

When I read "Pit bulls' owner faces fines after attack on lakefront jogger," I was appalled! A man lies critically injured for jogging along a public park path because of a negligent owner, and the owner gets a ticket?

This type of punishment is not going to dissuade other pit bull owners from taking serious measures to contain their pets.

You don't often read about two golden retrievers or Labradors attacking joggers, but repeatedly we read about pit bulls attacking people, especially in recent years as the pit bull has become very popular. I know the dogs are not to blame; however, pit bulls are biologically capable of doing great harm to humans, especially children, because of their vice-like jaws and extremely muscular bodies. This is often why they are attractive to owners but why they are different from most other breeds and should be regulated differently.

What is going to have to happen to get stricter punishment for owners of pit bulls? Stricter consequences need to be enacted against pit bull owners, and stricter laws for owning these potentially dangerous pets need to be put in place to protect innocent citizens in the future.